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monochrome 
  n 
1 a black-and-white photograph or transparency 
2  (Photog) black and white 
3 
a a painting, drawing, etc., done in a range of tones of a single colour 
b the technique or art of this 
4 modifier executed in or resembling monochrome 
a monochrome print  
  adj 
5 devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics, (Also called (for senses 3, 4))  monotint 
  (C17: via Medieval Latin from Greek monokhromos of one colour) 
♦  monochromic, monochromical  adj 
♦  monochromist  n 

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